The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-03-24

take the sentiment of my text as your senti-
ment. We do care for yoursoul. One Sab
bath night years ago, in my church in Brook
lyn. young man appeared at the end of the
platform and he said to me: II have inst come
of the sea-" l said: "When did you arrive?'
Said he: II came into port this afternoon. l
was in great blow off Cape Hatteras this
last week, and l thought that I might as
well go to heaven as to bell.
thought the ship would sink; but, sir,
I never very seriously thought about
my soul until tonight" 1 said to him: "Do
you feel that Christ is able and willing to
save you" "Oh, yes" he replied, II do"
SWELL" said, 'now are you willing to come
and be saved by Him?" II am" he said
"Well, will you now, i'll the prayer we are
about to offer, give yourself to God for time
and eternity?" II will, +" he said Then we
knelt in prayer, and after we had got
through praying, he told me that the great
Transformation had taken place. l could
not doubt it. He Is on the sea now. 1 do
not know what other port he may gain or
lose, but l think he will gain the harbor OF
heaven.
Star of peace, beam o'er the bilow,
Bless the soul that sighs for Thee
Bless the sailors lonely pillow,
Tdl, IdI at std
1t was sudden conversion with him that
night. Oh, that it might be sudden CONVEX
sion with you today God can savo you in
one moment as well as he can in century.
There are sudden deaths, sudden calamities,
sudden losses. Why not sudden deliverances2
Gods spirit is infinite in speed. He comes
here with omnipotent power, and he is ready
here and now, instantaneously and forever,
to save your soul ] believe that multitude
of you will to-day come to God. / feel you
are coming, and you will bring along your
families and your friends with you.
They have heard in heaven already Of
the step you are about to take. The
news has been cried along the golden streets
and has rung out from the towers, "a soul
savedl A soul savedl" But there is some
one here to-day who will reject this gospel.
He will stay out Of the kingdom Of God him
self. He will keep his family and his friends
out 1t is dreadful thing for man just to
plant himself in the way of life, then keep
back his children, keep back his companion
in life, keep back his business partners-refuse
to go into heaven himself and refuse to let
others go in.
A young man, at the close Of religious
service, was asked to decide the matter of his
souls salvation. He said: 81 will not do it
tonight" Well, the Christian man kept
talking With him, and he said: 81 insist that
tonight you either take God or reject Him. "
"Well," said the young man, "if you put it
that way, 1 will reject Him. There, now,
the matters settled" On his way home on
horseback he knew not that tree had fallen
aslant the road, and he was going at full
speed, and he struck the obstacle and dropped
lifeless, That night his Christian mother
heard the riderless horse plunging about. the
barn, and, mistrusting something terrible
was the matter, she went out and came to
the place where her son lay, and she cried
out: ooh, Henry! dead and not Christian.
Oh, my sonl my son! dead and not Christ
ian. Oh, Henry! Henry! dead and not a
Christian" God keep us from such catas
trODle